Article-holding device.



C. Ea WHITE @L G. ELLOTT.

ARTXGLB EOLDNG DEVICE.

APPLUATIoN ILED JUNE 23A 1913.

Patente Sent. 9, 15H3.

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CERLES LIITE ANT) 'GERGE ELLOTT, 9F WASEIINGTOL BISTECT CF COLvUMBIA,

RTIGLE-EOLENG DEVCE.

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lel'leshington, riet of Columbia, have invented oetain new and useful lrnprovenients in irtiele-Holdi g Devices, of which the following is e spe. fixation.

This invention relates to Certain new and useful improvements in devices tor holding newspapers, napkins, toi ls und other articlesA und While in the present instance it is shown as designed more particularly as e newspaper Cabinet or device 4for holding newspapers. it .vili be understood that the seme principle een be readily applied to the holding4 of napkins ns in restaurant, towels es in :i barber shop or other articles which ereplneed in piles end used one after the other.

The nesent iinrention lies Yfor its orectsl l. .l

onion-g others to provide a simple and sheep, yet durnhle, reliable and etlloient devi-oe ot this rhum 'ier whereby the pepers or other articles will be held against neoidentnl displzieement or being blown :tney by the ivind :ind yet the ton peper or ottier nrtiele easily renioif'ed without. disturbing the others. rthe bnsio principle involved is theto a roller holder designe-:l to rest upon the uppermost paper, to be revolved es the uppermost peper removed and to eutometieally grnvitnte so es to rest upon the next loivermost peper or other article in connection with which it nitty be used.

T he Character of the Cabinet or 'st-end may vary as to shape, size, number of compartments end appearance, the principle involved being zipplinble to various forms of stands or Cabinets and While designed es portable, it Will be evident that the seme tney/"be )ernionently lifted to o, Wall or other support.

@ther objects sind advantages of the intention ,Will hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof will be particularly pointed out in the appended olnims.

The invention, in its preferred form, is Clearly illust ated in the accompanying drawings, which.y with the numerals of referenee marked thereon', forni a port of this specification, and in Which-- Figure l is n perspective view of one form of embodiment of the invent-ion. Fig. 2 is :i cross section on the line of 3 looking in the direc-tion et the erows, Eig.

Application filed June 23. i913.

l looking Patented Sept. 9, 1913.' sez-iai ne. essere. l

is s. -oross section on theJ line 3-3 of Eig.

(lovin. ,-ig; 4 is e horizontal seotiorn ioolrjng denim of slightly .modified forni, i"

Lilie .erols of reterenoe indicate like parts throughout the -diierent views.

eferri'ng to the drawings, 1 designates e Cabinet or stond, in the present instance shown divided into n :multiplicity of compartments for the purpose of holding newspapers or .the like, the compartments permitting or' the assortment of the papers so thetthey may be kept seperate, that is,

all the pepers ot one kind keptby themselves. 7o

A @sbin-et- With a single compartment, hovvever, Where desired may be provided.

2 is` a grevitating roller holder for the papers or other articles. t designed to rest upon the uppermost paper of the steelt,

es indicated clearly in Figi 2, and to automatically drop as paper after paper is ref moved, as will 'oe understood by' the dotted lines in Fig. 2. Where a plurality of compartments is provided, as in Figs. l end 2, 8o

e plurality of rollers 2 will be provided, one for oooh Compartment. The rollers have theiriends confined in vertical grooves 3 in the upright-s et, as shown, so that they may be free to gravitete and also to rotate as the pepers are Withdrawn.

In order to insert the pepers, the roller is moved up, the pepers placed beneath the saine as indicated and the roller then alloived to drop until it rests upon the upper- ,9o

most peper or other article. When a customer desires a paper, he simply takes hold of the outer edge of the uppermost peper and pulls it out. The more quickly it is pulled, y oase it can be readily removed Without disturbing the nextlowermost paper.

n Fig. el We have shown the roller 5 as provided with enlargements 6 upon its ends,

the outer ends of which enlargements pref- 1GO erably have rounded edges, as indicated, and these ends Work in grooves in the uprights 7, es showrnthe strips in which seid grooves are formed being provided with flanges or analogous ineens 8 which, While permitting 105 the roller to grsvitete and to revolve, permit its displacement; in this form the roller is applied or placed in position before the top portion of the cabinet is seeured in place. ,Th

e operation is the same as in the form pre- 11( viously described. I

While lthe forni et roller and guides shown the more easily it comes, but in any in Fig. 4 is there illustrated in a standhav- 1 all of its rollers of this character. Also shown in Fig. l to have the rollers ha each compartment. separate and independent ot' eachother, ,owing to the likelihood of vary' ing'leights'of papers in different compari ments, a single roller may loe employed For plurality of compartments, Modifications in details may he resorted to ithoutdeparting from the spirit oi' the invention or sacrificing any of its advantages.

What is claimed as new is l. A device for holding papers and like i articles, consisting of a supporting' stand "iaing a. rest for the articles, upriglits hav- V.`

ed for rotation and vertical movement in k said grooves and means for holding 'said I roller against displacement therefrom. that While il is desirable 1n the toi-1n otsl'aml Q. A device for holding papers and the like` comprising a supporting stand having; a rest. for flip articles, nprights having grooves, and a Lravitating roller having its ends revoluble in said grooves and adapt ed to rest upon the uppermost paper and to be revolved by removal of suoli paper.

Signed by ns at lVasliingtm-l` l), this: Qlsi dav o' June, 1913. 

